5 49ers off to promising starts to 2017

The 49ers are still looking for their first win as they travel to Arizona for Week 4. They’ve put together contrasting performances in their last two games and had the weekend off following their Thursday night loss to the Rams.

First year coach Kyle Shanahan seems bullish on his team’s efforts early in the season despite not having a victory to show for it.

“You can’t always control the outcome of the game. You can control everything you give,” Shanahan said Friday. “I feel like our guys are giving a lot. I think they have been working very hard and I’ve been happy with the people and the character that we have in there.”

Let’s take a look at five 49ers off to a good start to 2017…

Pierre Garçon, WR

San Francisco’s new top wideout through three games has 249 yards receiving on 16 catches. That paces out to 1,328 yards and 85 receptions over a 16-game schedule, which would mark one of the best seasons of Garçon’s 10-year career. No 49ers receiver has eclipsed 1,300 yards since Terrell Owens in 2002.

(Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

Garçon had a game-high seven catches for 142 yards Thursday making catches at every level of the field, including a 59-yard bomb in the fourth quarter that helped set up a touchdown.

He’s still looking for his first score. But if Garçon continues to produce at this level, he’ll be worth the $6.43 million San Francisco’s paying him this season as the top target of the remade receiving corps.

Like this article?

Sign up for the Niners Wire email newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning

Success

Thanks for signing up.
You'll be waking up a little more awesome tomorrow.